Now I'm not going to retro blog the day (that would be copyright infringment to Bill Simmons and most of you probably don't care), I am going to give all of you the high points from day 1.5 in Berkeley/San Francisco.
-You have to love comradship between Terp fans. While in College Park one fraternity may hate others, jocks may hate geeks, blondes may hate brunettes, but when abroad if you are a Terp...by God you are a Terp. Probably my favorite part of the day was passing many the Terrapin fans throughout San Francisco and just screaming "Go Terps" to the delight of the crowd. This would lead to a lengthy conversation on the Terps chances for tomorrow night's game and the incredible 21.5 spread. While Jahvid Best is good...is he really the Best in the country(see what I did there?) Everyone we spoke to had an opinion and it really was great being able to talk Terp football with students and alumni alike.
-From the informal poll we took....most fans are happy with Chris Turner as the returning QB, the Terps are young but are going to be better than the predicted second to last in the ACC Atlantic, Five Guys is better than In and Out Burger, and Alaskan Amber needs to be brought to College Park.
-Hal likes to be a tourist. While I personally despise it (as I mentioned on a constant basis in his ear), Hal enjoys taking multiple pictures, buying San Francisco gear and going on cable cars to get around. To answer your question...no he did not force me to go visit the Tanner household.
-Hal and I were pulled over on the street. While ready to be given a silly citation for J-Walking (we actually believed this was about to happen to us), we were given a ticket....a ticket from the fun police. We were told we were having too much fun, so much so we hadn't shaved that morning. After talking to this fun police officer, we were asked to donate money to starving children. Realizing the cause was just, we did in fact donate money. In reward, we were given a "Are you having fun sticker". Said sticker, was pasted on Hal's back the rest of the day unbeknownst to him. Yes, fun officer...I was having fun.
-Alaskan Amber is good.
-Walking the streets in Fisherman's Wharf we saw a crowd of people, including Terps cheerleaders surrounding a group of performers. Interested, Hal and I decided to take a look and saw a breakdancing show. After taking a half hour to set up, I kid you not, it was a 5 minute performance. Each of the four performers performed onced which led to the grand finale....a forward flip. Yes the grand finale to break dancing, was a street performing front flip. That was it. A waste of 35 minutes...no we didn't tip. Call us Jewish, I dare you.
That essentially sums up our day of sightseeing and eating. Tomorrow is a day centered around reading, research and football. I plan to blog before, during and after the game with actual football updates. Yes this is a football blog...but there's more to a road trip than just football. Hal and I are going to go pick up something to eat and enjoy the night since it's only 10:00 and baseball is over for the night.
I Gotta Feeling....
-Sussman
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